Acknowledgements
We are grateful to all citizen scientists who took part in the project and helped with submitting photos, ticks or data. We would like to acknowledge Kornél Baráth and Attila Ádám for providing theHyalomma specimens. We thank Zoltán Soltész for his advice on the citizen science project and the excellent work of Eszter Draskóczy who played a crucial role in reaching society through the appropriate media appearances. The help of Sonia A. Olmeda and Félix Valcárcel in confirming our morphological identification of the two Hyalommaspecimens is much appreciated.
Keywords: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, DAMA protocol, emerging infectious diseases, imported ticks, Hungary, Hyalomma adult